TIRANA, October 8 /ATA/ Building of tourist and commercial ports, the country’s railway connections with countries in the region and beyond, the Blue Corridor, Vlora and Saranda Airport, but also tourism will be some of the objectives of the third governance mandate.
During an interview in one of the television studios in the country, Prime Minister Edi Rama listed some of the ongoing projects for the further development of the country.
“The Albanian government has a series of projects for development of the maritime transport sector which extend from the port of Saranda to that of Shengjin,” said Rama.
The prime minister also spoke about the connections by railway of Albania with the countries of the region and beyond.
Tirana-Durrës rail project with a branch going to the airport is very important. Likewise, there is a very important project which is the first cross-border project, the railway that goes to the border point with Montenegro.
The prime minister also spoke about the project of the cross-border railway line Durrës-Pogradec-Lin-North Macedonia.
Regarding the airports, PM Rama said that the work at Vlora Airport will start very soon, while it is in the tendering process.
Speaking about developments in the energy sector, Rama said that the work has started for the study of the environmental impact of the Skavica HPP, and work is being done for commissioning of the Vlora TPP with the support of the USA.
“The environmental impact study has started for the Skavica HPP. Very soon, the Vlora TPP will be put into operation to introduce American liquefied gas. This will make us have a planned source of energy. We have 2 photovoltaic parks for which contracts have been signed and a wind farm is being negotiated in an area near Lezha “, said Rama.
In regard to the road sector, the prime minister listed the Blue Corridor from Muriqani to Fier as a priority.
Rama also stressed that within this mandate, the Llogara Tunnel will be built, for which he informed that today the winning company has been announced, which is a Turkish-Albanian consortium. /a.a/p.s./
